Look what I picked up

[Levi @ Wingtamer Outdoors]

Asked one of the older electricians at work last nite if he knew what micarta was. Of course he did, and i told him if he ever ran across any that they were going to scrap out to let me. Well he told me jump in the truck with and we would go get some. This stuff came straight out of a Westinghouse box. I told him thatthe Westinghouse micarta was suppose to be the good stuff to  and that I thought it was suppose to be a lighter color. He said yes some was and some was more of a tan to brown. So here is my find. It was a 1 1/4"x 3" x25" piece but i cut it down to bring home.

[Aaron at Wingerts Woodworks]

Totally jealous.

[Wes]

One of the down sides of Westinghouse Micarta is that it has Asbestos in it so be very careful turning that stuff . It does make a great sounding call......

Wes

[Levi @ Wingtamer Outdoors]

Thanks for the heads up. Knowing that the material came from that era i figured i would turn it with a tyvek suit on and my resperator on just to be on the safe side.

Aaron PM sent

Thanks
Levi

[BigB]

Not all Westinghouse micarta had asbestos in it though. That looks to be like a canvas micarta. The highly sought after Westinghouse micarta was a paper micarta, and it did have asbestos in it.

Brian

[Longntooth]

I have a good buddy that has an original Micarta from Butch at RNT from back in the early 80's, and the color of his call is similar to the color of this block, I say similar, not exactly. I believe the one he has is the paper Micarta  rather than the weave material. Kitch

[Tobin at Copeland Duck Calls]

Just curious, but what would they have used that stuff for back in the day?

T

[Levi @ Wingtamer Outdoors]

This piece came out of an electrical box. Common uses of modern high pressure laminates are as electrical insulators, printed circuit board substrates.

[BigB]

 
Also used in airplane propellers, hard hats, serving trays, etc.


Brian